Creamy White Bean & Spinach Bread Bowls.
You can cook Creamy White Bean & Spinach Bread Bowls using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Creamy White Bean & Spinach Bread Bowls
- It’s of soup.
- Prepare 3 cup of cooked white beans (navy or cannellini).
- You need 2 1/2 cup of vegetable broth.
- It’s 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.
- You need 1 medium of onion (chopped).
- It’s 4 clove of garlic (minced).
- It’s 1/4 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of rubbed sage.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of thyme.
- Prepare 1 large of bunch spinach (rinsed, stemmed, roughly chopped).
- Prepare 1 large of tomato (chopped).
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt (or more to taste).
- It’s 1/2 tsp of freshly ground pepper.
- It’s of bread bowls.
- It’s 4 large of French boule.
- It’s 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of pimentón dulce (or other sweet smoked paprika).
- You need 1/2 cup of grated parmesan (optional for topping).
Creamy White Bean & Spinach Bread Bowls step by step
- Add the vegetable broth and 1 1/2 cups of the white beans to a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth..
- Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add the onions and sauté until they begin to caramelize..
- Add the garlic and tomato; cook until soft..
- Add the chopped spinach and stir in a little at a time until completely wilted down..
- Add all remaining ingredients to the pot, including the blended bean mixture. Cover and bring to a boil..
- Reduce heat to low and simmer the soup for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally..
- While the soup is simmering, preheat the oven to 400º. Carve out the center of each boule (bread), leaving roughly a 1 inch border. Pack in the centers of each bread bowl to compress the bread. Don’t throw away the carved out centers! You can make croutons out of them..
- Mix the olive oil, garlic powder and pimentón well. Brush the edges and lid of each boule generously with the olive oil..
- Transfer the bread bowls to a large baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for up to 15 minutes or until toasted to your liking..
- Ladle the soup into the baked bread bowls, sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and enjoy!.